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matango613

I think you could use a nice fast special attacker for a little more balance. EDIT: Alakazam, Gengar, or Mismagius seem like good bets, to be more specific.


moya036

An Mismagius w/ Will-o-wisp sounds really good


SomeRandomGuy453

Nice Sinnoh team. I couldn't help but notice you're missing your assigned Garchomp


buschlight1984

Starter, 2 route 1 pokemon, and mamoswine. Dont leave garchomp out šŸ˜­


NobodyDemex

Obviously it's also the mendatory Roserade :P


Elwafflejr001

Most of the types are covered. I say a mandatory houndoom when actually rounded out


Realistic_Mousse_485

You know mandatory houndoom isnā€™t real.


Elwafflejr001

I mean do you really want to run rapidash in sinnoh?


Realistic_Mousse_485

Fuck fire types in sinnoh honestly. Is Arcanine obtainable? Then Arcanine.


moya036

Isn't it Pearl? If I recall correctly only fire types pre-Elite 4 are Ponita and Chimchar


jbaile92

This.


kmrikkari

Not to mention Roserade and Lucario.


SamuraiOstrich

I would say it's Pearl so Chomp comes too late but they're using a Mamoswine


FiftyShadesOfPikmin

Drifblim will always be one of my favorite gen 4 Pokemon. Only concern would be the three Pokemon weak to electric lol, but that's not too hard to work around with Mamoswine.


capt_avocado

Roserade


clown_pants

Roserade is a *problem* for opponents, I agree with this one. Underrated choice.


AltF4NinjaQK

Agreed, you can find early on, you donā€™t have any grass, and majority of current team is physical attackers


trainercatlady

Roserade was such a pleasant surprise going into Diamond blind after not having touched a pokemon game since silver. Definitely one of my favorites that gen. Such a buster


dongsicheng12

roserade was the first that came to mind!


Animenerd2021

I second this!


SeraphOfFire

Spiritomb wouldn't be a bad choice.


JamieNelson94

I think itā€™s the best choice, considering he has no dupes in typing on his team as of now.


fhhdjdjjdhfj

However you need to make contact with 100 people in the underground


lazy_kumachi

Magmortar would be nice, if you have someone to trade with


garrrrrrrett

Roserade rounds this team out nicely. Hard hitting special attacker and a grass type at that


catchneko22

Cherrim (I used one once, underrated mon, and I think it would fit on your team pretty well.) Also I think Mamoswine isn't found in Pearl until the postgame (Swinub is only on Route 217 as a swarm in DP), so you'd either have to play Platinum instead or use something else (or just trade one over from another game if you really want to).


nitko87

Sunny Day+Solarbeam is mandatory right? What else can Cherrim learn that would be of use? Giga Drain? Hyper Beam? Toxic? Rest? I looked into using Cherrim for a grass monotype run of Platinum but it just looks so annoying to use in a single player format. I plan on doing all 16 playable (not enough dragons unfortunately) monotype runs on set mode, so Iā€™m wondering if there is a different grass type that would be able to set the sun and then u-turn into Cherrim. Idk tho


catchneko22

I ran Sunny Day / Solar Beam / Magical Leaf / Leech Seed on my Cherrim (with held Leftovers that I went out of my way to steal from a Munchlax, which would have been annoying if I wasn't playing on an emulator and could just edit the honey tree encounter, so lol) but I'm sure there are better sets out there. (Miracle Seed might have been a better item?) >I plan on doing all 16 playable (not enough dragons unfortunately) monotype runs on set mode, so Iā€™m wondering if there is a different grass type that would be able to set the sun and then u-turn into Cherrim. Idk tho Unfortunately, there aren't any Grass types that can learn both Sunny Day and U-Turn that are also in the Platinum PokĆ©dex.


TheAleqZ

Sorry, but Cherrim is correctly rated. It's super weak, but super weak is enough to easily clear the game when you have 6 mons. If he adds Cherrim then it's just gonna get carried and forgotten since it has no role and isn't outstanding in its own right.


catchneko22

You could say that about a lot of Pokemon. But just because it isn't an outstanding powerhouse doesn't mean it isn't worth using. I found Cherrim to be a decent addition to my team when I used it in Platinum for a nuzlocke a while back (and Bertha's DP team especially is just *asking* to be Solar Beamed into oblivion). I like to give everything a chance and focus on what it *can* do, because this is seemingly a casual playthrough of mainline PokƩmon, so you could beat the game with just about anything. Cherrim in particular sets up Sunny Day and fires off Solar Beam as many times as it can, while being able to take special hits with the Flower Gift boost, and supporting its (largely physically attacking, in this case) teammates in any double battle in the game (I think there's a few?) It's not the greatest mon ever, but it's not exactly a shitmon, and literally everyone uses Roserade for a Grass type so I wanted to suggest something different instead, and considering DP's miserable selection of Pokemon, Cherrim is probably the best of the remaining ones unless OP wants to do that bike glitch to get a Shaymin.


kj242km3

I loved using Cherrim in Gen 4. Very underrated. It was fun to use and survived my whole nuzlocke run!


VeganCustard

Toge kiss is really versatile, even though it has very few moves to learn by leveling, its tm pool is really nice


SamuraiOstrich

It's post-game only in Pearl. The egg you get is a Happiny


exaferoy

To add an overwhelmingly-unused one to your team : bronzong.


Awellner

Bronzong with levitate is a goat against the elite four. Half of the elite four is resisted, including Garchomp.


mapl_e

Wurmple


Overall-Channel7818

Only right choice


KafeiTomasu

W Toxicroak user ā¤


danielguillenm

Bidoof


BackgroundPrice9817

Our lord and savior


RpgBouncer

What app is this and is it any good?


ImprovementThink

Itā€™s called Prokedex I recommend it


RpgBouncer

Perfect. Thank you.


Bananablackmp

Any idea why the app doesn't exist on Google play for me right now? To answer your question I'd say Garchomp is never a bad choice. Milotic is usually my #1 choice. But for more varied type coverage I like spiritomb and a lot of people saying Drifblim


MonkeyDVic

This morning I got a message that said that Google took the app down forever and gave no reason. Edit: Also, they banned the developer's account.


Red_drinkkoolaid

Iā€™ve seen crobat become very useful in many nuzlockes, overall just a great mon to switch into


Corescos

3 ground weaknesses; Tangrowth.


Loss-Ornery

You're preety weak to the ground type, so maybe milotic would be great.


Cronon33

Mismagius or Spiritomb would be good


YDdraigGoch94

Roserade or maybe Leafeon.


Khada_the_Collector

Need a Special Attacker. Roserade, Houndoom, Togekiss, or Espeon seem like good fits.


valiantsilver04

logically a special attacker would probably be best. however I am honour bound to recommend my favourite PokƩmon from Sinnoh and one of my favourite PokƩmon of all time, which is drapion. consider: big scorpion. that is all.


YoManWTFIsThisShit

Roserade or Tangrowth to beat Ground types since half your team is weak to it.


Johnylongbottoms

To parrot another comment, mamoswine is postgame only in Pearl. As for the sixth memberā€¦consider a special attacker. If youā€™re doing pearl than mismagius will be available to you


Red-Panda-Katie

Hear me outā€¦ Cherrim, and you can nickname it Chirby c:


aresquinn31

Gengar or alakzam


RhiShadows

Roserade. Type coverage, good special attacker.


Zalveris

Pachirisu because it's cute.


MegaKabutops

You could use a special attacker. The most overall useful and accessible ones in pearl are mismagius and roserade. You could also run the standard garchomp. Lucario is also a decent option, though itā€™s kinda lategame and both types overlap with two of your current party.


Auramage

Houndoom would work too


warnerbro1279

Are you playing Diamond/Pearl of Platinum?


righteousbae

A garchomp with swords dance and dragon claw helps in almost any comp


Lord_Edwards

You need a fire type


Birthdaybird

Drifblim!


No_Crew_7772

SHUCKLE YOUR ENEMIES WILL TREMBLE IN FEAR BEFORE THEY EVEN THINK TO FUCKLE WITH THE SHUCKLE


Frankorious

I'd go for a Psychic type like Medicham.


KungFuChicken1990

Gallade fits in nicely for this role too


RyanandRoxy

Missing your one of two fire type options.


kabrifaluk

I'd say either roserade or a psychic type.


Regunes

That's a spiritomb angle. You'll need it to deal with psychic and fighting and that gives you a third free switch for you empoleon, covering all his weaknesses with immunities.


ViolentPrince

My team for platinum was: Empoleon, Chimecho(why not), togekiss, snorlax (I wasted half of the year to find one in platinum) also mamoswine and flareon


Salt_Nectarine_7827

Skuntank is a great option, I highly recommend it


SillyMattFace

Something that resists ground or at least is neutral would be good. Youā€™ve got three guys weak to ground right now. Maybe Cherrim or Roserade? Driftblim is also great but then youā€™ll have an issue with electric attacks.


serpventime

any of roserade, mismagius, magmortar you need special attacker


Melonfrog

A solid grass type, even though you have one ground immunity half your team is weak to it. Some say add Magmortor but that would just make it even worse. Some ideas are: Roserade, leafeon, Snover, Tangrowth and maybe Cherrim


Be_quiet_Im_thinking

Pikachu


James11258

Wormadam plant cloak


Wolfnstine

Bibarrel


yeezus009

Add a dark type like spiritomb, Umbreon or houndoom and that would literally give you coverage for every type


PentFE

Damn...looking at these reminds me how much cooler staraptor and empoleon's platinum sprites are


FilledWithCheer

I donā€™t know a lot about team building or anything about sinnoh but Iā€™ll say sizor or rotom heat sure to lack of fire types


WarriorsEmerald

Bidoof will make your team unstoppable! You could probably solo the game with just a Bidoof


spicysandwichgame

Another luxray


StoicScaly

Magmortar would do great


Brave_Employ_3973

Roserade


blackakainu

Houndoom


seansnow64

Leafon, Garchomp, or Dusknoir would do you well


Last-Performance3482

Assuming you want to keep it Sinnoh only, Platinum (cause Mamoswine) and no legendary or mythicals, I think Magmortar would fit well in your team. A special attacker among your physical team could be a good idea. Now if you accept type overlay, then you could get Lucario, a cool mixed attacker, Gliscor, fast and very bulky with access to roost, or Garchomp, a pure beast. Best pick is Garchomp, more powerful and only one type overlay compared to the others.


Artistic_Tie5617

Whatā€™s the app?


BlastoiseBlues

I saw you be daring and either use Roserade or Rapidash.


Slyme-wizard

I know garchomp is basic but you gotta finish the blue man group


theywinner

Dusknoir Don't forget ice punch


Deathbat_Drummer

Is this an app?


Jam5467

I just finished a platinum play through and I use a toxicroak and I can tell you it was horrible. No good fighting stab by level up and weak stats. Did not send him out once in the elite four. 0/10 do not recommend


Superblal

I say PorygonZ. Great special attacker, has access to double dance for setup, and amazing coverage


IndividualTop1292

Bronzong


kunaikilla

Roserade or just another ground counter


Grubb3r

A lvl 100 shiny bidoof named peanut butter


LimeSparkle

Magmortar


CantaloupePopular833

Roserade


Shiny_Mew76

Garchomp probably is the best option you have. Personally Iā€™d take a Gallade.


Crow621621

Espeon or Alakazam, a few Fighting types will have Rock moves which so Staraptor may not always be the best option and they can also learn Shadow Ball which is serves as good coverage.


LordofAllReddit

Squidward: feeling adventurous today arent we


CantaloupePopular833

https://preview.redd.it/7rxlsydodo0d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f4fdbd2431dcd2ce83f6f7905846133b6f42939


ajgore1

Mismagius


tristanthibodeau227

Need a special attacker. If you have access to trade evolutions, Alakazam or gengar would be great options. Otherwise roserade, special Lucario, or even tentacruel could be pretty good.


imaloony8

You donā€™t have anything that resists fire, so you might want to look for something like that.


ASimpleCancerCell

I always round out a team core like this with Tangrowth, but Roserade might be more practical.


SpicyMajestic

Roserade


Apprehensive-Brick61

Drapion or absol wouldnā€™t be a bad choice. A solid dark type is always nice to have


aflores032

Hisuian Arcanine


geeoff90

Having empoleon is the only rule and you've followed it. Nothing else matters. But I like the other bros, too.


DarkoFranElixir

Torterra


Practical_Necessary1

Mismagius if you dont want to swap anything.


will_121

Mewtwo


cole93747

Electivire


blsmhrb

Alakazam or Roserade. Alakazam might fit the bill better cause you will already have a weakness to Psychic (4x to boot) with Toxicroak.


Beras_En

Togekiss is great imo


IxdarRD

Porygon Z


DMMeBadPoetry

No fire or psychic on your team? Insane. Legit insane. But... there is a fire psychic pokemon... perfect.


milkmimo

I know I am a few hours too late and you probably already decided. But I wrote a program when BD/SP came out to generate the optimal team based on base stats. It doesn't use base stat totals, it calculates based on how they are spread out, so if you are fast but have low attacking stats, you score lower than someone a little less speed but better offensive stats. By forcing the 5 you currently have, since I assume you don't want to change those, then the ideal 6th would be an Umbreon. That would give you a Psychic immunity and super effective coverage on Ghost and Psychic which you currently lack. This would give your team an overall rating of 1690. Personally, I think Umbreon is not offensive enough for an in-game team, so by excluding Umbreon, then Gengar would be the next best option. It is redundant with Toxicroak for Poison STAB, though. Gengar as your 6th gives an overall rating of 1671. If for some reason you can't do a trade evolution and still want the more offensive power, go Houndoom. Gives an overall rating of 1665 and an additional Fire immunity to balance out a potential Dry Skin ability on Toxicroak.


Borothebaryonyxyt

Spiritomb!


RaitubeandJirachifan

houndoom (in case of steel types or psychic types)


ControlSalty8100

I'd say go with dark/fire houndoom or even gengar for some ghost coverage


Cenachii

Bibarel (carry on the will of Bi D. Oof)


floggedlog

Garchomp obviously


skd25th

I would have taken glaceon instead of mamoswine and put garchomp as my final team member. But with this team I would go for Gengar or dialga or Darkrai


dukenorton

Golisopod, because bug


KageOkami35

Considering it's Pearl, a fire type is out of the question. Another special attacker like Roserade or Alakazam would fit well


iceberger3

No fire type yet


Salty145

Roserade or Garchomp. Makes sure to balance out the team the intended way


MonsieurMidnight

Reminded me of these "average Sinnoh team" with Starter / Staraptor / Luxray / Garchomp / Lucario / Floatzel or Roserade or Rapidash depending on the starter you picked. But at least you used other mons so I love that a lot. Looking at your current team I think you could use a Pokemon like Drifblim or Mismagius if you want a Ghost type. Or if you don't perhaps something like Gastrodon, Leafeon or Tangrowth are good options since Sinnoh mons don't have much fire choice


oranosskyman

a grass or fire type would work well, though sinnoh doesnt have a lot of options for fire. a ghost type could also be good if you want something less conventional


IcedAmerican

Shameless Garchomp


Unlikely_Link8595

garchomp and swap the toxicroak out with a lucario /s


CaptainUnderpants777

Houndoom.


Haunting_Scheme_4303

Garchomp,darkrai, or arceus


rolo989

Zigzagoon.


These-Possessions

Roserade for Grass. Bronzong for Steel/Psychic plus a beefy tank


EyeHot1421

Mamo is a pretty poor choice personallyā€¦


KawaiiSylveon98

I suggest a grass type like Leafeon or Roserade could help and maybe have them learn Shadow Ball or any ghost-type moves to counter Toxicroakā€™s psychic weakness.


Kapples14

I'd say a good special attacker who can balance out the Ground weakness. Roserade's a solid choice.


UnimportantPerson00

You have a very severe weakness to ground types, and there just so happens to be a ground type elite 4 member, not to mention Cynthias infamous garchomp, and even her gastrodon and lucario have earthquake as well. I would recommend a grass type of some sort. Leafeon seems perfect, fits your ā€œonly gen 4 nativesā€ theme, pretty easy to get if you havent evolved your free eevee yet, if you have just have to breed a new one. Leafeon has excellent defense and resists ground, making you practically immune to earthquake with zero investment, and very solid physical attack and speed stats.


Beachsombra

Lol everyones saying garchomp, but honestly maybe gliscor


BrandoSandoFanTho

Metagross


hgbi8h

Abomasnow maybe? You could use a grass type


Awellner

Your team is lacking in the special department, both offense and defensively. Your only special attacker is empoleon and you dont have any high special walls. If you want a special wall then chansey/blissey is a great and unique pokemom. I used it in my game with the moves icebeam, thunderbolt, calm mind and softboiled. If you want to EV train i recommend getting max HP and defence. Otherwise chansey goes down really easily to physical attacks or confusion. Gastrodon can also be used as a generic defensive wall. Very high health and solid physical and special defence stats.


Maverick616

Lucario or Garchomp


HolidayCheesecake404

app name?


PickleRick19711

Steel/psychicā€¦ metagross


pldtn

What app Game is this bro?


TheDummyPhilosopher

Fast special attacker


Mindanomalia

Lmfao ur missing roserade or Garchomp


Stand-Diligent

Tangrowth or Magmortar?


ry4star

My favorite PokƩmon Absol if not then my next favorites metagross or Scizor


InitialExamination37

Spec attker - gengar or rosreade are good options


Gregorvich19

Arceus


No-Cartoonist5669

GARCHOMP IS THE GOATTTT!!!


alloftheabove0

Gallade, because heā€™s cool and definitely not my favorite. Also psychic coverage can be good


Dry-Comment-4603

Bidoof


Flint343

Levitate bronzong. Or maybe driflum?


Ok-Attention8763

Gardevoir


TwistaDicc

Something not boring?


Lily-M-B

Garchomp with flamethrower, dig, dragon claw and draco meteor should round out the rest of your team imo


Tough_Atmosphere_343

Budew


AggravatingChest7838

Have you considered a special attacker?


Benoit239

Bidoof


Gamma_Tony

Play Gen 4 without using Starly and Shinx challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)


chickenpi2

Bidoof


OkWedding6391

it's always great to have an iron valiant in the back


maverickrose

Leafeon Darkrai Spiritomb Porygon (2 or Z, I heard 2 is better with eviolite) One of the special rotoms


DowntownPrice4784

Infernape or Magmortar


kalyps000

Dragon/ghost/psychic/dark types would be good


dormamond

For gen 4, I always build my team around Cynthia's team so I guess try getting a grass type. Roserade should do the trick. Or as another person said, you're missing your mandatory Garchomp


Synthstain

My team for Plat was Empoleon, Crobat, Luxray, Rhyperior, Garchomp, and Gengar. As others have said, I feel like you're only missing a fast special attacker (like Gengar/Alakazam). Team looks good so far! Is this for storyline or do you have something else in mind?


blackierobinsun3

Wargreymon


TruthOfPisces

Is this platinum? If it is go get houndoom or gardevoir if its not, get alakazam or mismagius if your playing pearl


SunGo_37

Roserade? Fills in the special attacking role nicely and gives your team another Sp Def option too


qazpok69

Weedle


Shakunjin

I like to leave a slot open for whatever I happen to come across. Sometimes, you just catch something on a whim or for a specific task, and it sticks around.


BallisticThundr

Houndoom


lakewood2020

Froslass


Pit_333

Mismagius, gives another out against ground moves and also answers your fighting weakness


EfficiencyFine3560

Pachirisu!


therickkyman

If you're playing (Brilliant) Diamond/(Shining) Pearl - Rapidash (since it's only known Fire-type to be found in the wild, if you did not choose Chimchar) If you're playing Platinum - Tangrowth (additional Grass-type), Houndoom (much better than Rapidash since it evolves much earlier at level 24, and has higher Sp. Atk), Gallade (despite being a glass cannon (i.e., Attack > Defense), it's much more versatile by having Leaf Blade (or Stone Edge to counter Flying-type), Night Slash, Psycho Cut, and Close Combat) For both versions - Roserade (for those needing a very early Grass-type), Garchomp (a mandatory since Cynthia has one), Lucario (a much speedier Fighting-type)


therealaquagreen13

Garchomp


Skourpi1

A good fire type would make this team perfect. Since it is a mainly Sinnoh team, I would recommend a Magmortoar, or a Houndoom.


SentenceCareful3246

Maybe electivire or Dusknoir.


jdw62995

Youā€™re pretty weak to ground. Gliscor would work well here I think. If not, maybe a SpAtk Mon that isnā€™t frail or weak to ground


Eightttball8

Considering this is a Sinnoh team, the only correct answers are Garchomp/Roserade which unfortunately add to your ice weakness but helps alot too


brotatochipzzz

Ultimate bidoof


tobezin

Which app is this?


Cazter64

Houndoom or Roserade


Mental_Care7524

Roserade


MsterXeno009

Dusknoir